Kingston Blount
Coordinates: 51°41′20″N 0°55′52″W / 51.689°N 0.931°W
| Kingston Blount | |
 Kingston Blount
Kingston Blount shown within Oxfordshire |
|
| OS grid reference | SU7399 |
|---|---|
| - London | 33 miles (53 km) |
| Civil parish | Aston Rowant |
| District | South Oxfordshire |
| Shire county | Oxfordshire |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Watlington |
| Postcode district | OX39 |
| Dialling code | 01844 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Oxfordshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Henley |
| Website | Aston Rowant Parish Council |
| List of places: UK • England • Oxfordshire | |
Kingston Blount is a village about 4 miles (6.4 km) southeast of Thame in South Oxfordshire, England. The village is a spring line settlement at the foot of the Chiltern Hills escarpment. The ancient pre-Roman Ridgeway and Icknield Way pass through the parish. The Ridgeway is now a National Trail.
Contents |
[edit] History
The Church of England parish church of Saint John was designed by Aston Webb and built in 1877.[1] It is red brick, has the nave and chancel under a single roof and a small south aisle.[1] The building is now a redundant church.
Cop Court is an early 18th century house built around the remains of an earlier, probably 16th century one.[1] On the south side is a medieval bastion from an even earlier building on the site.[1]
[edit] Economy and amenities
The village has one public house, The Cherry Tree.[2] There is a large playing field where the village's main events are held. Kingston Blount has a point to point course.[3]
C.J. Day Associates is an engineering business in Kingston Blount that specialises in biomass power plant for industry. Projects include a 5 MWe tyre fuel power plant in Portugal and wood chip and waste fuel projects in the UK.[citation needed] Current projects include proposed power stations in Bishops Castle and Tenbury Wells, both of which have attracted criticism.[4][5][6] Chris Day gave evidence on the subject to Parliament in 2004.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 675.
- ^ The Cherry Tree
- ^ Kingston Blount Point to Point
- ^ "Fears over power plant disruption". BBC News Online. 10 May 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hereford/worcs/6641731.stm. Retrieved 16 June 2009.
- ^ Bishop's Castle Group — The Community Against a Planned Biomass Incinerator
- ^ Fry, Clare (10 August 2007). "Protestors Concern over Power Plant". Worcester News (Worcester: Newsquest). http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/mostpopular.var.1610775.mostcommented.protestors_concern_over_power_plant.php. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
- ^ "Examination of Witnesses (Questions 240 - 259)". House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology Minutes of evidence. 10 March 2004. http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200304/ldselect/ldsctech/126/4031003.htm. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
[edit] Sources and further reading
- Lobel, Mary D, ed. (1964). A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 8: Lewknor and Pyrton Hundreds. Victoria County History. pp. 16–43.
- Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). Oxfordshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 675. ISBN 0 14 071045 0.
 |
This Oxfordshire location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
